Happy Birthday (News song)

Infobox Single
Name = Happy Birthday


Artist = NEWS
from Album = Color
B-side = Gan Gan Ganbatte Push On! Game of Love
Released = October 1, 2008
Format = CD single
Recorded = 2008
Genre = J-Pop
Length = 18:53
Label = Johnny's Entertainment
Writer = Seamo
Producer =
Chart position =
Last single = "Summer Time"
(2008)
This single = "Happy Birthday"
(2008)
Next single =
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate Covers
Type = Single


Lower caption = "Happy Birthday" Limited Edition cover

"Happy Birthday" is Japanese boy band, NEWS tenth single. It was released on October 1, 2008, in two editions; a regular edition which contains two b-sides: "Gan Gan Ganbatte" and "Push On!", and a limited edition which also contains "Happy Birthday" and its b-side "Gan Gan Ganbatte" from the regular edition, as well as another b-side entitled "Game of Love" and a instrumental version of "Happy Birthday". "Happy Birthday" is NEWS tenth consecutive number-one single since their debut in 2004. This single makes them the second group to have this distinction (the other being KinKi Kids, who currently has twenty five consecutive number-one singles) [jp iconcite web | url=http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/rankmusic/58767/ | title=NEWS matched with KinKi Kids for tenth consecutive single| accessdate=2008-10-09 | publisher=Oricon] .

Promotion

"Happy Birthday" was the theme song for Kose's Happy Bath day concept.

TV performance

* September 24, 2008 - CDTV 15th Anniversary
* September 29, 2008 - Hey! Hey! Hey! Music Champ
* October 3, 2008 - Music Station

Track list

tracklist
headline = Regular Edition

title1 = Happy Birthday
length1 = 3:49

title2 = Gan Gan Ganbatte (written by zopp)
length2 = 3:54

title3 = Push On! (written by Aya Harukazu)
length3 = 3:07tracklist
headline = Limited Edition

title3 = Game of Love (written by Yu Shimoji/rap by JACRREN)
length3 = 4:17

title4 = Happy Birthday(Instrumental)
length4 = 3:48

Charts

Oricon sales chart

References